actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
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mexico sunday at age on cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper this hour. it s hard to forget the images of a cargo ship crashing into the baltimore bridge in march causing a devastating and deadly collapse. but while the cleanup and investigation have moved forward, those 21 crew members have been stuck on the ship for almost three months. today, there was a hearing about letting them return to their families, mostly in india and sri lanka. and we ll bring you those updates plus is the united states at risk of being pulled into yet another global conflict. the white house is issuing a stern warning after video emerges of a major clash in the south china sea and leading this our supreme suspense as the country he waits for blockbuster decisions from the highest court in the land. the justices issuing four rulings today. but we re still waiting on the three janiot highly consequential ones that we have talking about for weeks now, former president trump s claim that he has
test you can put on the list as well. sanjay. appreciate it. thanks. the newest continues to source the kaitlan collins starts. now, see tomorrow straight to the source tonight at this hour, a potential shift in the presidential race as both campaigns they re preparing for the historic cnn debate and maybe a defining moment and also the constitutional holy war that just erupted in louisiana s public schools. the in commandments must now be posted in a big, readable font, will have a former louisiana teacher way in tonight, plus two nuclear-armed dictators take hey, thanks to a whole new level tonight. beyond the flag waving, waving pomp and circumstance, we re learning new details about the biggest international shakeup since the end of the cold war for i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source tonight, plans of attack are being hashed strategies are being set. maybe even a few traps are being laid. it is all happening behind closed doors as president biden and former
9:00 p.m. eastern. here on cnn and screaming on max, the news continues on cnn with one mr. wolf blitzer, right? next door in the situation room thanks for watching happening, now with just one week to go before the historic biden trump debate right here on cnn, will take you inside the radically different ways the two candidates are getting ready and they re strategies when they step on stage also tonight, new reporting that the judge in the trump classified documents case rejected advice to step aside when she was first assigned, ignoring the urgings of two more experienced federal judges and the biden administration appears to be expanding in agreement with ukraine allowing counter-strikes inside of russia using us weapons. how far will ukraine go and hitting back on vladimir putin? its own turf welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i will flits her you re in the situation room our top story? tonight, preparations for the cnn presidential